Summaries

10 stories, each inspired by one of the 10 Commandments.

Quirky interrelated stories. Standing by two tablets, Jeff promises to introduce 10 short stories, each about one of the Commandments. A man survives a fall from a plane and his fiancée marries someone else before falling in love with a marionette; a surgeon causes a patient's death and in prison tries to choose his mate; a woman encounters Jesus in Mexico and later confronts her husband on the Sabbath; twins and their mother reflect on fatherhood; covetous neighbors miss a chance to be heroes; and Jeff's love triangle with Gretchen and Liz plays out between each story. In the end, all the characters join in singing that it's all about love.—<[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • two word title
  • police officer
  • television set
  • sketch comedy
  • sketch comedy movie
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Romance
Release date Apr 24, 2008
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin United States Mexico
Official sites MySpace page
Language English Spanish
Filming locations Mexico
Production companies City Lights Pictures Jade Films Inverted Film

Box office

Budget $5250000
Gross US & Canada $769726
Opening weekend US & Canada $121374
Gross worldwide $785528

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 36m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

Ten stories, each inspired by one of the Ten Commandments.

A guy (Adam Brody) who becomes an accidental hero after falling out of a plane,

A librarian (Gretchen Mol) who has a sexual awakening in Mexico with a swarthy local (Justin Theroux),

A doctor (Ken Marino) who kills his patients "as a goof",

A police detective (Liev Schreiber) who covets his neighbor's Cat Scan machine,

A mother (Kerri Kenney-Silver) who enlists an Arnold Schwarzennegerimpersonator (Oliver Platt) to be a father figure to her children,

A prisoner (Rob Corddry) who covets his fellow inmate's "wife",

A woman (Winona Ryder) who falls in love with, and then steals a ventriloquist's puppet,

A Rhinoceros (voice of H. Jon Benjamin) who learns the pitfalls of gossip,

A husband (A. D. Miles) who skips church with his family to get naked with his friends and listen to Roberta Flack,

Jeff Reigert (Paul Rudd) presents all of these stories to the audience, while struggling with his own moral dilemma: having to choose between his beautiful wife (Famke Janssen) and his also beautiful but somewhat younger mistress (Jessica Alba).

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